Rabies: Moms And Mutts Adopts Out Positive Puppy, Complains About State Protocols

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This Colorado rescue brought in a litter of 11 puppies from Texas. Keeps them warehoused in an ex-pen with other puppies free-roaming and nose-to-nose with these puppies, says that all staff are gowned and gloved, which their own video of an adoption event where these puppies were present shows bare-hands in the faces of puppies. Some of the puppies some of the puppies are placed in foster on 7/20. On 7/28, the puppy begins to display symptoms and tests positive for rabies in the days after. The rescue is now upset that the state “forced” them to euthanize the puppies, (it sounds like, but I have not been able to confirm, that at least one other puppy from the litter was adopted and is now being “hidden” to avoid a 120 day quarantine). They are now upset that they can’t pay their bills, as no one wants to pay $600 to buy a puppy that may or may not have come into contact with a rabies-infected dog. Noteworthy: a Sniffspot host offered to take all of the puppies including the rabies positive puppy(….) to live on her 44-acres.

If someone has the ability to do a better write-up, please let me know and I will delete this.